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Monday Morning MotivationsI Didn't Ask For That (1 Samuel 15:22-23)"Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams."Many times we forget that there is a way to love others.Our default is to love how we desire to be loved and not learning how that person actually needs love.The same goes with God. He has laid out a way that He desires us to love him.In today's episode I want to dive into how he has called us to love Him.... and with that being said, let's dive ri...
2025-08-1810 minMonday Morning MotivationsDaily Bread (Matthew 6:11)“Give us this day our daily bread.”Sometimes a verse becomes so familiar… so woven into our Christian vocabulary… that we start to treat it like background noise. We know it. We’ve heard it. We could recite it in our sleep.But here’s the thing... nothing in Scripture is “filler.” Every word Christ spoke, every line the prophets penned, every letter Paul wrote to the early church, it all carries the weight of eternity. Every stroke of the pen, every phrase, infused with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, speaki...
2025-08-1106 minMonday Morning MotivationsCome (Matthew 14:24-32)And Peter answered him, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.”He said, “Come.” So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus.But when he saw the wind, he was afraid...Sometimes it may feel like storms and trials were crafted specifically to test and expose the weak areas of our walks with God?… and that’s because it is. James 1:2-4 reminds us that trials are there for the perfecting of our faith… to sharpen us…...
2025-07-2109 minMonday Morning MotivationsJust Look (Job 1:20-22)“At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship and said: Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.”In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.”How do we handle life when everything seems to be collapsing around us?Failing relationships… Struggling with family sufferings…Can’t get ahead at work… or j...
2025-07-1410 minMonday Morning MotivationsHis Part, Our Part (Joshua 1: 1-9)“After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant, 'Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel. Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses....Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with...
2025-07-0707 minMonday Morning MotivationsUnraveled (Psalm 139:13-14)“For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb.I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.My frame was not hidden from you,when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth.Your eyes saw my unformed substance;in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when...
2025-06-0908 minMonday Morning MotivationsStop Blocking (Acts 27:21-26)“...Yet now I urge you to take heart, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.For this very night there stood before me an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I worship, and he said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’So take heart, men, for I have faith in God that it will be exactly as I have been told."Who’s progress is tied to your obe...
2025-05-1909 minMonday Morning MotivationsDon't Go Back (Exodus 3:7-8)"... and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey”We enter the story with God telling Moses about the land of Canaan… the land flowing with milk and honey… But as we continue through the story in their journey to the promised land, we see a common theme, “Moses, we are over it out here in the wilderness, let us go back to Egypt… because at least in Egypt th...
2025-05-0508 minMonday Morning MotivationsAnxious About Tomorrow (Matthew 6:34)“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”One thing I’ve learned is that imagination is a beautiful gift which can be very dangerous when not kept in check.When submitted to God, it can bring forth the most amazing and wonderful ideas… but when combined with our oftentimes controlling nature, it can create anxiety and worry in us.Because I can imagine ahead… many times I have to stop myself from stressing ahead… worrying ahead… and running ahead of God.
2025-04-0707 minMonday Morning MotivationsConsistency (Isaiah 55:10-11)“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth,making it bring forth and sprout,giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;it shall not return to me empty,but it shall accomplish that which I purpose,and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.”So many times I’ve wondered why I haven’t turned a corner… walked into my next season...
2025-03-3108 minMonday Morning MotivationsProper Positioning (2 Samuel 11: 1-3)“In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. “What follows is one of the more well known stories of moral failure for David.A story that, at least for us, will always be burned into our memories when reading about the kingship of David.But the part I want to focus on in this story lies in the first verse, a part we may often...
2025-03-2409 minMonday Morning MotivationsBe Present (Matthew 6:34)“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”I was watching a video the other day about how much money one should save for retirement to be considered “successful” and I found myself on edge just listening to the numbers.How do we NOT be anxious when anxiety is being normalized?And not just with our wants, but with those things we consider necessary to live.A constant fear of losing a job, or finding a job, or transiti...
2022-03-1408 minMonday Morning MotivationsProdigal (Luke 15:11-13)“...And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided his property between them. Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living.”If we aren’t careful, we can look at this story and say… That’ll NEVER be me. I’ll never be like the prodigal son…Simply because we incorrectly understood what actually made him “prodigal”.We have heard the story f...
2022-02-2815 minMonday Morning MotivationsBurning Bridges Backwards (1 Kings 19:19-21)"... So Elisha left him and went back. He took his yoke of oxen and slaughtered them. He burned the plowing equipment to cook the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow Elijah and became his servant.”As I was working out one morning, I was listening to one of my favorite gospel artists, Hezekiah Walker, and I came across a song called “99 and a Half”, and in this song he sings, “Lord I’m running, trying to make 100 because 99 and a half won’t do” and as I listened to thi...
2021-05-0312 minMonday Morning MotivationsDetangled (Luke 17:5-6)“The apostles said to the Lord, ‘Increase our faith!’He replied, ‘If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.’ “Complicated Situations.When I said that, almost immediately something came to your mind.For some it’s a job.For others it might be a person… an entanglement or situationship… whatever your word of choice may be.And for others it might be forgiveness, like it was for the disciples in this verse.But wha...
2021-04-1907 minMonday Morning MotivationsReplacement (Matthew 12:43-45)“When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order.Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first...”What are you replacing your bad habits with?… more bad habits?Does accomplishment come in JU...
2021-04-0507 minMonday Morning MotivationsResigned (John 5:1-9)"Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, ‘Do you want to be made well?’The sick man answered Him, ‘Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.’Jesus said to him, ‘Rise, take up your bed and walk.’ And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and...
2020-09-2109 minMonday Morning MotivationsSeasons (2 Kings 7:3-4)“Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate. They said to each other, 'Why stay here until we die?If we say, ‘We’ll go into the city’—the famine is there, and we will die. And if we stay here, we will die. So let’s go over to the camp of the Arameans and surrender. If they spare us, we live; if they kill us, then we die.' ”Transitions. Sometimes as we go through seasons, we become better at transitioning, and sometimes it just continues to confuse us and...
2020-09-1410 minMonday Morning MotivationsMake Room (Proverbs 18:16)“A man’s gift will make room for him, And bring him before great men.”When reading this verse, what comes to mind?Does this verse excite you because of the opportunity to glorify God with your gift before great men… or do you feel this verse doesn’t apply to you because you feel that either:You don’t have gifts like that, orThere is no way your gifts will bring you before great men.Many times we fear the gift… fear it because it is unknown to us. And instead of seeking to understand...
2020-08-0310 minMonday Morning MotivationsBe Still (Psalm 46:10)In Psalm 46. the psalmist speaks of the world falling down around him.In verse 2… the mountains fall into the sea… the waters roar and foam so hard that the mountains quake. In verse 6, the nations are in an uproar and kingdoms fall.… and in the midst of all this, the command that God gives in verse 10 is… “Be still and know…”He says this because He knows that when things get hectic… the last thing we want to do is “be still”. We have been taught that being still is equivalent to being unproductive.In today's e...
2020-06-2908 minMonday Morning MotivationsWrestle (Ephesians 4:20-27)How do I reconcile my faith and my race?One I was born into… the other I was “born again” into.Neither, in my mind, can I live without.Both drive every decision I make… but only one seems to drive every decision made towards me.The world doesn’t see me as a Christian first.They only see me as a black man.And that one filter drives all of their subsequent actions.So how do I reconcile the two?Am I a Black man who is Christi...
2020-06-1510 minMonday Morning MotivationsPlan B (Psalm 135:13-18)Plan B… or our "Backup Plan(s)".We know these very intimately.We are told that we are foolish if we don’t have one when it pertains to every area of our earthly lives.“Don’t put all your eggs in one basket”“Don’t put all your hopes in a person… People always let you down.”It’s no wonder that we find it hard in our spiritual lives to “put all our eggs in one basket”.In today's episode I want to peel back the layers and examine why our spir...
2020-05-2508 minMonday Morning MotivationsFocus (Philippians 4:8-9)What are you focused on?In your battle with whatever sin that may entangle you, what is it that you set your eyes on?Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer once said, “The pursuit of purity is not about the suppression of lust, but about the reorientation of one’s life to a larger goal.”Even if your entanglement isn't lust, in today's episode I want to take the time to examine why his sentiments of, "The pursuit of victory over sin is not obtained from simply suppressing the sin, but also in greater part… refocusing our live...
2020-05-1809 minMonday Morning MotivationsDaily Ops (Matthew 6:1, 5, 16)What place are you operating from?Are you operating from a place of need?I need affirmation. I need validation. I need reassuranceOr are you operating from a place of purpose because your needs are already met in Christ?No matter what context we find ourselves in (business, ministry, volunteering, etc), to allow ourselves to operate from our “place of need” can put us at odds with God.In today's episode I want to take time and examine what fills us up, and why that even matters when considering how...
2020-05-0408 minMonday Morning MotivationsAre You Ready? (Exodus 3:7-8)Are you ready for your next steps?Many times we can become so focused on our “next season” and getting out of our current season that we rarely ask ourselves are we even ready for what’s next?What does Ready even look like?How do you know if you’re ready?In today's episode I want to walk through the journey of the children of Israel from Egypt to Canaan to see what we can learn about “readiness” for the Promises of God from the people of God.Let's dive right in...
2020-04-2713 minMonday Morning MotivationsFor the One Dealing... (Philippians 4:8-9)During this time of self-distancing, I have seen people struggle with mini-storms inside of the larger storm.Sometimes these mini-storms are a direct result of the larger storm, like depression from the loss of a job and the ability to provide for one's family or anxiety about the health of ourselves or a family member. Other times, those mini-storms are things that have always existed, but “busyness” was an amazing facade that kept us from having to actually deal with it, like anger and pride. Whichever category you fall into, I pray that this m...
2020-04-0613 minMonday Morning MotivationsHis Ways (Isaiah 55:8-9)In order to make sense of this season, we often find ourselves trying to understand God.Trying to piece together, as best we can, a reason for it all. And if you aren’t, you’ve probably heard other people inject their “God reason” into the situation... using words like "judgement" or "end times" or a number of other rationalizations that help them cope with the stressful season that has descended on us like the plague.Why does God have us here?What is the purpose of it all?In today's e...
2020-03-3006 minMonday Morning MotivationsFreedom (Psalm 119:42-45)I will walk in freedom BECAUSE I have sought out your rules.Usually when we think about freedom, the LAST thing that comes to our mind is the word “rules”.As a matter of fact, rules and restrictions are seen as the exact opposite of freedom. When we think of freedom, we think of a space without rules or the ability to do whatever we please without consequence.So why does David seem to beg to differ?In today's episode we look at what "freedom" really means and ask ourselves... Have we h...
2020-03-2306 minMonday Morning MotivationsTo Dwell (Psalm 27:4)In Acts 13:22 God refers to David as, “a man after my own heart…” The same David that slept with another man’s wife, got her pregnant, then killed her husband to cover up his mess.How could God consider this man someone after His own heart?In today's episode we dive into how David reflected the heart of God even as his life was being sought after for death. How did David remain calm in the midst of peril, and as such, how do we do the same?
2020-03-1607 minMonday Morning MotivationsBlocked (Hosea 2:6-7, 16-17)When we think of blocked paths, the first thing that probably comes to mind is frustration from not getting what we want.We handle these feelings and circumstances differently depending on how badly we want what’s being blocked.But what about those situations where it was God who placed the blocker there?In today's episode we look at one of the reasons why God may block our path, and how we, in turn, respond when we come across blocked paths versus how we are supposed to respond.
2020-03-0908 minMonday Morning Motivations... but Sheep (1 Kings 19:11-13)In John 10:27, Jesus describes His followers as sheep by saying “My sheep know my voice…” With this verse many Christians get discouraged because they feel like they don’t hear God speak. Many would even go as far as to say that God does not speak to them at all. But often it’s not that He doesn’t speak, it’s just that we aren’t trained to listen.In today's episode we revisit the Prophet Elijah and see how he "hears" God and why God refers to His children as sheep. Let's dive in and...
2020-03-0207 minMonday Morning MotivationsThe heART of War (James 1:14-15)What if our war was with God?What if the enemy we fight so desperately against was not the Devil, but God Himself? So many times we blame the devil for our downfalls and temptations, but what if it was our own hearts that took us away and caused us to sin?In today's episode we look at the war we often find ourselves in with sin, and look at who we are really fighting against. Are we fighting of God's side to destroy the idols in our lives or opposing Him to k...
2020-02-2406 minMonday Morning MotivationsPurpose (Mark 4:35-40)"How is it that you have NO faith" Wait Jesus... but it was a storm... a big storm. And our boat is so small. Isn't it normal to be a little concerned about our lives?Today we dive into the situation where an unbearable storm meets an unchanging God, and we find out if we believe more in the storm or in the words of the God who created the storm.
2020-02-1706 minMonday Morning MotivationsObedience (1 Kings 17:7-16)What if your blessing lied in your obedience?What if God has already laid the path and was just waiting on you to step on it?Would you move...Or would you resign yourself to death?Today we dive in what obedience looks like from a widow's perspective and what happened in Kings that would hinder her obedience and make her consider choosing death over obedience.
2020-02-0907 minMonday Morning MotivationsRestoration (Joel 2:25)Restoration. A return of something to a former, original, normal, or unimpaired condition. When we think of being restored, we think of something that we lost being re-established.Today we dive in what restoration looks like from God's perspective and what happened in Joel to bring about the need for restoration in the first pace.
2020-02-0107 min
Ken's Last Ever Radio ExtravaganzaGreat Green Wall (Show #590) | Download full MP3 from May 16, 2018Noel - "Silent Mourning" [Loop]
Ken - "We'll slip away"
Noel - "Silent Mourning" [Loop]
Walter Murch - "Good example of the power of the sound"
Walter Murch - "He doesn't have the film in his head, he loves the process of making"
Nada Surf - "Blizzard of 77" [Loop]
Jack Kornfield - "Loving kindness Part 12"
Eumir Deodato - "Also Sprach Zarathustra" [Layers]
Walter Murch - "Li, things unlikely to get except by chance"
Dustin O'Halloran - "An Ending, A Beginning"
Julianna Barwick - "Forever" [Layers]
Lindsay Wagner - "Why...
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SFFaudioThe SFFaudio Podcast #120
The SFFaudio Podcast #120 – Scott, Jesse and Tamahome talk to Allan Kaster, the editor of the new audiobook collection The Year’s Top Ten Tales Of Science Fiction 3.
Talked about on today’s show:
Infinivox, post-singularity, Mars, talking animals, emperors, will the post-singularity fiction subgenre be over by 2040?, Charles Stross, Gardner Dozois, post singularity is the magic of Science Fiction, Robert Reed, Under The Moons Of Venus by Damien Broderick, talking dogs, “I didn’t like it in a Science Fiction way”, detective fiction, insanity and crazy people, The Emperor Of Mars by Allen M. Steele, a tr...
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